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In orbit around our planet, an alien creature is listening in on Earth noise. One sound in particular seems to have a greater significance than others but what does it mean and how will Skim and Beta find out more about it? In our final Alternative Stories episode of 2024 we are bringing you the winner of the 2024 Pen to Print Audio Play Competition “The Earth Serenades” by Emma Griffiths.

In “The Earth Serenades” by Emma Griffiths you can hear

Tiffany Clare as Skim

Emily Inkpen as Beta

Sophie Macnair as Pree

And Chris Gregory as Shakarn

Other voices were played by Sophie Macnair and Emma Griffiths

The Earth Serenades was Directed by Chris Gregory and Emily Inkpen and recorded at Orpheus Studio in London

The sound engineer was Richard Campbell

Music, sound design and editing were by Chris Gregory

The script for the earth serenades is copyright Emma Griffiths and may not be used in whole or in part except with the permission of the author

If you would like to enter the 2025 Pen to Print Audio Play Competition you need to be an unpublished audio drama writer and resident in the United Kingdom. The competition is open to entries until 5pm on Friday 21st March. You can find out more and download entry terms and conditions via the link below

https://pentoprint.org/get-involved/competitions/

The interview in this episode was conducted by Emily Inkpen and the presenter was Chris Gregory

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